Unlock instant, AI-driven research and patent intelligence for your innovation.

System and method for providing indirect movement feedback during sensorimotor function rehabilitation and enhancement

A feedback system and displacement technology, applied in the direction of sports accessories, sensors, passive exercise equipment, etc., can solve the problems that cannot be used on a large scale, are expensive, and cannot improve the sensorimotor function of damaged hands

Active Publication Date: 2020-06-05
IREGAINED INC
View PDF7 Cites 0 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

Existing passive methods help improve range of motion (reduce symptoms) without improving the core problem of impaired sensorimotor function in the hand
Existing active devices, while capable of interacting with a patient's sensorimotor system, are not designed for mass-market applications, cannot be used on a large scale (whether alone in the home or at a community level), and are expensive

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • System and method for providing indirect movement feedback during sensorimotor function rehabilitation and enhancement
  • System and method for providing indirect movement feedback during sensorimotor function rehabilitation and enhancement
  • System and method for providing indirect movement feedback during sensorimotor function rehabilitation and enhancement

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0042] Referring to the drawings, there is shown a preferred embodiment of a rehabilitation feedback system that provides a device that is attached to the fingertip (distal phalanx) of each of the five fingers of the left or right hand, providing The adjustable spacing accommodates various hand sizes, provides individually adjustable and arbitrarily programmable resistance and range of motion for each finger, and allows the user to use the device without seeing their hand. Provides performance feedback indirectly through a customizable graphical interface.

[0043] In each of the embodiments shown, the system comprises five vertical elastic rods 1 mounted on two base blocks: one rod on the thumb base block 2 and four rods on the finger base block 3 . The thumb base block 2 and finger base block 3 can slide along a common base slider system 4 to accommodate various hand sizes. The upper (free) end of each rod is fitted with a finger-receptacle 5 of flexible, non-slip material...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

No PUM Login to View More

Abstract

A rehabilitation feedback system is used during rehabilitation of one or more body appendages of a user. The system includes four finger tracking elements and a thumb tracking element which are supported for movement relative to one another so as to allow a user to performs a gripping motion when the elements are coupled to the fingers and thumb of a user. A biasing member provides a resistance force acting to urge each tracking element towards a starting position thereof. A visual barrier is adapted to hide the hand of the user at a first side of the visual barrier from direct visual sight bythe user at a second side of the visual barrier. A sensor at the first side of the visual barrier detects the movements of the tracking elements and communicates with an indicator element detectableby the user from the second side of the visual barrier.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a system and method of using the system for providing resistance to movement of a part of a user during rehabilitation in regaining control of the part and for providing resistance to movement of the part that is not directly visible to the user. Indirect means provide feedback to the user about the movement. Background technique [0002] The term "sensorimotor function" refers to the human ability to gather sensory information (tactile, proprioceptive) and use such information to generate voluntary and involuntary motor commands to skeletal muscles. Sensorimotor functions use the nervous system to feed sensory information from the periphery (tactile information, joint angles via proprioception) to the brain via sensory neurons, where it is processed in the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord), and via motor neurons Send motion commands to skeletal muscles to move bones around their joints. Proper function of s...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61H1/00A61B5/11A61H99/00A63B21/04A63B23/16
CPCA61B5/1125A61B5/225A63B23/16A61B2505/09A61H1/0285A61H1/0288A61H2201/1261A61H2201/1635A61H2201/5043A61H2201/5061A61H2230/00A63B2209/00A63B2071/0625A63B2220/51A63B2225/20A63B71/06A63B2220/89A63B2220/80A63B71/0619A63B21/0552A63B21/0442A61B5/486A63B24/0062A63B2071/065
Inventor 维尼特·本杰明·K·约翰逊兰吉特·所罗门·斯坦利丹尼尔·瓦西里乌
Owner IREGAINED INC